Radio speaking doll



N. C. SMHTH Deco 13 192 7.

RADI O SPEAKING DOLL Filed Dec. 29. 1925 INVENTOR Mam Xymfg Patented Dec. 13, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NORMAN 0. SMITH, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OI ONE-HALF TO GEORGE R. LANG, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

RADIO SPEAKING DOLL.

Application filed December 29, 1925. Serial No. 78,189.

The present invention relates to radio speaking dolls, and more especially to a radio speaking doll representing a radio story telling character and containing a radio s eaker 6 unit adapted to be connected to a ra io receiving set.

Many radio broadcasting stations have a socalled childrens hour during which bedtime stories are broadcasted for the chil- 'dren. These bedtime stories are frequently told. by some character, for example, one well known radio station has its stories told by the Sunshine Girl, another by Uncle Mack, another by Daddy \Vinkum and 5 another by Uncle Kay-Bee, etc.

I make a doll which will represent one of the radio story telling characters and put into the doll a radio speaking unit which may be connected with the radio receiving set. The set may be then tuned into the radio station during the story telling hour and the children who listen will be delighted to hear the story apparently told by the doll representing the radio broadcasting stor telling character. Of course, the same dol can be used to amuse the children with bedtime stories from different radio stations, or, if the family income will allow, a number of dolls may be used when the radio is tuned so into different broadcasting stations.

While it is preferred to have the doll represent the bedtime story telling character of the radio station most frequently listened to by the children, the doll might represent any as other convenient story telling character not necessarily the one of the particular station, for. example, a conventiona character, suchas thatof a youn woman, might be employed to tell the stories to the children from any .number .of stations. The doll does not necessarily need to be a human character, as, for example, it mi ht be an animal, such as the well known ra bit Uncle Wiggley.

In the drawings, I have indicated one i character which may be taken as a conventional young woman or as the Sunshine Girl.

In the drawings: Fi re 1 is an elevation of the radio speak- 60 ing 011; and

Figure 2 is a side view, showing the application of unit.

Referring to the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings, the doll 1 may be of any suitable sort or character and the body may be made as is usual with dolls to contain an excelsior stufiing 2. A radio speaker unit 3, preferably a loud speaker, is placed in the body. In case of an excelsior stuffed doll, the sound waves from the speaker unit-.will readily pass out through the body. In the case of dolls having rubber bodies, sounds may pass out through suitable partly in section, the radio speaker openings, as, for example, the mouth of thedoll. As shown in the drawings, the speaker unit is preferably fastened by means of a plate 4 to the fabric body 5 of the doll at the dolls back. The radio speaker unit is preferably formed with sockets into which may be pushed the connectors or jacks 6 of the connecting wires 7 from a radio receiving set. 1 Then the connections are removed the doll may be used by the children'as an ordinary plaything, but when the bedtime story hour arrives, the doll will serve the double function of further amusing the children by telling the bedtime stories.

While the preferred embodiment of my invention has been specifically illustrated and described, it is to be understood that the invention is not so limited, but may be otherwise embodied within the scope of the following claim I claim:

A doll having a fabric body stuffed with fibrous material, a radio speaker concealed within the body of the dolland havin a plate secured to the fabric body of the doll and'within the body, there being jack receiving o enings in the speaker as wellas through the plate and body for receivin the jacks connected to the ends of a co connecting ceiving set.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

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